India, Feb. 9 -- Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on February 9 accused Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of "inciting genocide" against Muslims and called on the police to take suo motu cognisance of the matter.

Addressing a press conference, Gogoi referred to a video briefly posted on X by the State BJP and later deleted. The clip purportedly showed the Chief Minister aiming a rifle and firing at two individuals - one wearing a skull cap and the other sporting a beard, accompanied by the caption "point-blank shot".

"The Assam Chief Minister is inciting genocide against Muslims through such videos," Gogoi said, urging the police to act on their own and examine what he described as the deliberate targeting of a particular communit...